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Deadly nightshade.

Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware.

An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific.

A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.

The bass (Tilia) or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree. All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished very smoothly. Longfellow.

Fem. of Beadsman.

Ornamental work in beads.

An Australian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland.

A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.

A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian.

To fill with wonder. [Obs.]

An airwoman; an aviatress. [Colloq.]

A genus of herbs and shrubs (Aristolochia), reputed to have medicinal properties.

Wood betony (Stachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel flower (Nigella Damascena), or devil-in-a-bush.

A West Indian tree (Picræna excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.

The yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), which has a very bitter taste.

A name given to several dark-colored timbers. The East Indian black wood is from the tree Dalbergia latifolia. Balfour.

Work wrought by blacksmiths; -- so called in distinction from that wrought by whitesmiths. Knight.

A genus (Utricularia) of aquatic or marshy plants, which usually bear numerous vesicles in the divisions of the leaves. These serve as traps for minute animals. See Ascidium.

Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible. -- Blame"wor`thi*ness, n.